Council

The Council of the State Duma is a collective body which main tasks are preliminary preparation and review of issues of the Chamber activity. Casting votes belong to the Chairman of the State Duma, First Deputy Chairmen, Deputy Chairmen and heads of factions. No more than two heads of interfaction groups can be included with a casting vote right.

The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the seventh convocation. He was elected as part of the federal list of candidates proposed by the All-Russian political party “United Russia”